But she saw the Pinnacle Station and can't wait to see what's the fuss about and she's going to do it on Insanity.
Hunt on Volcanic is an absolute pain on Insanity. I think the timer is messed up there.
From the files of James Vega
We head to Rannoch to rescue Admiral Koris. The Commander talks with Admiral Xen. OH CRAP! WE"RE TAKING FIRE! Alright. Cortez is the man. I don't want to be blown up today. I like to see Earth one more time.
So we have to hoof it to take out that jamming tower. I bet the geth have been building up an army for the last 300 years. I don't see this being easy. I look over and see Ashley use her Black Widow on the geth in the distance. You know what? I think when this war is over, I will train to be a sniper. More geth. Alright time for me to get some action. Wooah. Look at that. They look like exploding oil pans.
Shepard tells Ashley to take care of the AA gun while me and the Commander provide cover fire. That's done. Lets get to the next one. Same result as the first one. I bet Cortez has a big smile on his face being able to fire at the tower. We head to the Admirals location.
Shoot them Commander. There's one. Nice one. To your left. Haha. The Commander appears to be having fun. I bet she wishes there was more stuff to shoot at. Ok. Get us out of here Cortez.
While we prepare to attack the base, I decide to lift some weights. Look who it is? Yes Ashley you can lift my weights. Haha. Wow. She's making me look bad. Haha. Gotcha. See if you can lift that much. Ahhh. What's wrong Williams? Is a little weight to heavy? Haha. OOHH. Ok. That's not funny. Damn. Right in the gut. She may not be able to lift a lot, but she sure has a powerful punch. I'm going to feel that for a few days. She walks away giving me a wink and smile. My kind of woman. My gut disagrees.
Back on Rannoch to destroy the base. The geth are aggressive, but we manage with no problem. Oh man. 3 Primes. Ashley starts firing her weapon right away and takes out a Prime in seconds. The Commander and I take out another one while the last one falls a moment later. Easier than I thought.
The Normandy fires a couple of rounds onto the target. Are you alright Shepard? Damn. She fell about 30 feet. Its a reaper. DIE.....YOU.....MONSTER. You do that Shepard. Get the quarian fleet to fire on the thing. James Vega is not dying today
YES. Its down. What? You're joking Commander. You want to go toe-to-toe with the thing? Better you than me. Will you look at that? The reaper can't hit Shepard. Are you telling me a woman can kick a reapers backside? Of course with the help of the quarians. But still. Its still alive. Not sure what the reaper and Shepard are talking about. Heads up. Another volley of rounds hit the reaper. Now its dead
Did you hear that? The geth wants to have the quarians out of the way so it can help us? Haha. Even the Commander laughs. Wait a minute. The Commander can laugh? Hmm. Actually its more of a sadistic laugh. You're not seriously considering siding with the geth? Commander? Naa. She wouldn't do that? Her being Satan and all, I shouldn't be surprised if she sides with them. Choose already. Yes. WHAT? The geth grabs the Commander. As I'm about to grab my weapon, Admiral Raan shoots the thing in the back. Cool.
Back on the Normandy, I learn we're headed to the Citadel to talk with the asari councilor. It must be important.
Took my paragrade Hal Shepard into ME2 last night:
handsome devil..
He's a bit dubious but willing to help this Illusive character investigate the missing colonies. Ran into Tali and her squad trying to rescue a troubled quarian pilgrim, we found him together and despite the betrayal of some of her squad Hal elected to have the pilgrim return to the flotilla in exchange for his omni tool data on the abductors and a promise of his debrief. The traumatized, half sane man would have been of no benefit to the Cerberus interrogators.
Illusive's first suggestion was a good one, we're off to recruit a genius renegade scientist on Omega. We'll just have to fight our way thru plague crazed Turians and rabid hordes of Vorcha to get there...
I've been looking forward to this next week......
....only to be destroyed by a bunch of repetitive whiners.
I'm going to murder something with my Sith-Goddess....
A little dialogue inspired by Tali's sweat 
Shep: Tali should you really be drinking Tequila?
Tali: I'm trying to get the prize at the bottom of the bottle.
Shep: That's a worm Tali.
Tali: It's a straw Tali. It's a worm Tali. You humans are just weird.
...
It......was a worm?
I have done nothing for the last 3 years. I know they have released a free DLC to try and "fix" the original endings, but it did not matter to me the least. Not sure what they change since I haven't seen them, but from what I've heard it's pretty much the same.
The ending of ME3 was one of the biggest disappointments I've ever had in gaming, period. I felt broken, angry and in despair. I know these are strong words and it's just a game, but still, after 3 games and countless hours to witness such an ending just made me really sad.
I havent touched ME at all since 2012.
...........*sigh*...
anyway, today the power-that-be wanted a brief game today before her allergy drug kick in and she's reading p*rn in the disguise of a classic. Revka received a transmission inviting her for something...
and hey, I know what I'm going to name my next Male Shep, a real life Commander Mubin Sheppard who was also a historian on Malay history. So cool.
I have done nothing for the last 3 years. I know they have released a free DLC to try and "fix" the original endings, but it did not matter to me the least. Not sure what they change since I haven't seen them, but from what I've heard it's pretty much the same.
The ending of ME3 was one of the biggest disappointments I've ever had in gaming, period. I felt broken, angry and in despair. I know these are strong words and it's just a game, but still, after 3 games and countless hours to witness such an ending just made me really sad.
I havent touched ME at all since 2012.
If you have the PC version you might one to look into one of the ending mods for the game.
The big name is of course the Mass Effect Happy Ending Mod but there are others out there. Personally I favour version B of John P's Alternate MEHEM. Here's a link to the Nexus page where they can be found http://www.nexusmods...ults/?src_cat=4.
...........*sigh*...
anyway, today the power-that-be wanted a brief game today before her allergy drug kick in and she's reading p*rn in the disguise of a classic. Revka received a transmission inviting her for something...
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and hey, I know what I'm going to name my next Male Shep, a real life Commander Mubin Sheppard who was also a historian on Malay history. So cool.
Is this Pinnacle Station - I'm crap at that 
Everything was so frustrating repetitive but I don't think it makes any different than the whole repetitive map in original vanilla game. I did enjoy it somewhat but maybe because I don't have any expectations. At least, Firewalker was way worse than this.
So, after nine days in Ireland for a family vacation, I'm back to share more of Marcus' adventures.
Journal entry 4 of Marcus Shepard
A couple of days ago, Ashley stopped by my Cabin and expressed her concerns over allowing the alien crew access to sensitive parts of the ship. I shared her concerns when I first "acquired" the Normandy, but now I realize that was rather..xenophobic of me. They have all proven their worth by this point, and there is no need for any concern of treachery either. Engineer Adams has praised Tali's usefulness in helping to keep the drive core operational, and Garrus is quite good in maintaining the Mako, along with "calibrating" the weapons of the Normandy. Liara tends to keep to herself near Chakwas' medical bay, but her knowledge has so far proven to be an asset. The only one I'm still skeptical of is Wrex, but I'm slowly gaining his trust on a personal level. He's also an excellent soilder. Ashley was right in one thing, that the wellbeing of the species that an individual belongs to takes precedence over other species, but only as a whole. Our alien crewmates will care more about their friends and fellow crew members at this point, regardless of species, over an unnamed member of their own species. So, I politely told Ashely that her concerns were baseless.
Afterwards, I went to the hanger bay to talk with Garrus. He told me more of his experience as a C-Sec officer, along with a Salarian scientist named Dr. Saleon. Apparently, the good doctor took advantage of the poor and needy of the Citadel by offering them caps in exchange for their "service." The service in question was the use of their bodies as test tubes; he'd grow cloned organs in their body until they reached sufficient size, and extracted them for sale on the black market. Then, he'd give them a cut of the profit, but only if the organs proved viable. If not, they were SOL. When Garrus and his fellow officers finally determined what he was doing, he hijacked transport ship and used hostages as a means of escape. I agreed with Garrus that C-Sec should have shot the ship down regardless of the hostages, but he seemed a little too emotional about it. Still, Garrus told me had the coordinates of the ship that Dr Saleon used to escape, and I agreed to take him there. Once on the ship, we had to fight through some of Dr. Saleon's experimental subjects, and we found him in a lab near the cockpit of the ship. However, Garrus was too eager to act out his revenge, so I took the shot and killed Dr. Saleon myself. He wasn't too happy about it, but he's sometimes too hot headed for his own good. He needs to learn that you make the tough decisions because you have to and with a clear head, not out of some false need for revenge.
The next day, I get a message from Admiral Hackett about some rogue VI that has taken over a miltary base on Earth's moon, and he tasked me with taking care of it. I really didn't want to make such a diversion, especially since I still don't have the whereabouts of Saren and since I already used up some valuable time helping Garrus, but orders are orders. With that in mind however, I needed to make this mission short. So, I took Tali with us when we assaulted the base in the hope that her hacking abilities would prove useful. They did, and we were able to erradicate the base's automatic defenses in short order.
Once back on the Normandy, I contact Hackett and give him my report. Before signing off, Hackett asks me to take care of one more problem; my former CO on Torfan, Major Kyle, cracked after our mission and started a biotic cult. He blammed all their troubles on the Alliance, and some delegates that were sent to Kyle's "refuge" have not reported back. At this point, I really didn't want another diversion, but since Major Kyle was my former CO, it was quite possible that I'd still be able to talk him down before the Alliance had to take the scorched earth approach. When we arrived at the biotic refuge, Major Kyle wasn't too pleased to see me, but it wasn't too hard to convince him to surrender to the Alliance authorities. All I had to do was remind him that if he refused, all his "children" would suffer the consequences of his foolishness. I empathized with his survivor's guilt, even if I thought he let it get the better of him. So I used it to my advantage and prevented another bloodbath.
After that business was done, I get a message from the Council. A Salarian reconnaissance team on Virmire that was tasked with finding information about Saren tried to send a message, but it was unclear. The Council thought it would be wise if I investigated why the team tried to send a message. But on our way to the Sentry Omega Cluster, I recieve word from Admiral Hackett that the Geth were setting up outposts in the Armstrong Cluster. Since it was on the way, along with the fact that these outposts could be staging grounds for an invasion, I decided to take care of them first. Again, Tali proved to be invaluable on this mission, and it didn't take too long to wipe out all the outposts. After we cleared out the last outpost, we found some Geth data files. Tali assured me that these files could prove useful in determining how the Geth have evolved in the past 300 hundred years. When we arrived back on the Normandy, Tali asked me if she could get a copy of those files. Even though the brass would frown at the idea, I decided to oblige her request. The Quarians were the ones who orignally created the Geth, and they could share their findings with the Alliance afterwards, which could give us an edge if the Geth ever decided to launch a large scale invasion. There was no guarantee that the Quarians would share anything at all of course. But either way, the Alliance loses nothing, and the knowledge that the Alliance could gain if the Quarians did share their findings would be valuable.
Now, I can afford no more diversions. Time to head to Virmire.
Back in the game! Can't wait to play some more this week, finally more time 
Videooo:
After locating Leviathan on a planet called 2181 Despoina, Cortez took James, Javik and me down there. He told me the probe's signal is coming from way below. Underwater.
Suddenly the shuttle was hit by something, some kind of pulse, which sent us crash-landing onto a floating wreckage. Everyone made it out alright and James, Javik and I checked out the area while Cortez tried to repair the shuttle. We stumbled upon bodies long dead and more of these artifacts. We're getting close. James pointed me to more ship wreckages out at sea, quite the view. Wonder how long they've been here.
Then a few moments later a Reaper came from above, sending Reaper forces down to us. We fought them off, and Cortez was able to make the shuttle work again and support us. Another pulse hit the shuttle soon though and we had to make our way to Cortez to help him, Reaper forces were everywhere.
We got a few moments to catch our breath, but Cortez had some bad news. In order to get away, we would need to deactivate the pulse, and he reckoned this was Leviathan's doing. Makes sense.
He further suggested to use a diving mech that was sitting on the ship. James raised some concern, but there's no other choice really. Cortez gave me a power cell in order to restore power so we could open the cargo door the mech was in. I had to do that multiple times, running back and forth between Cortez providing new cells and the power sockets, all while Reaper forces were swarming the place. Thankfully James and Javik got my back.
Finally the door was open, and I jumped into the mech to deal with the last few enemies. Cortez wanted to check the mech to make sure it was ready, but not before James looked up to me worried and asked me if I'm serious about this plan. Well, Vega, we'll be stuck here if I don't try it. It'll be fine. I am nervous though.
I dove down and darkness enwrapped me. It was like a whole different world. Dark and mystical but fantastic at the same time. I've never seen anything like it.
I slowly made my way to the probe, and a few steps further ahead I saw bubbles coming up. Leviathan... It was huge. And then it was in my mind. I talked to Leviathan and it told me it must understand why the Reapers perceive me as a threat. It released me long enough for me to feel blood running out of my nose, then I was in its grasp again. I learned a bit more about it, it's not a Reaper, but it was the first harvested race. Harbinger was made out of them... Interesting. Unfortunately it has no more answers that help us with the Crucible. I did my best to bring it on our side, to fight the war. They were such cowards, only watching the whole time. Not sure if I got through, but I guess I did. It released me.
I made it back to the surface just fine, but when I exited the mech I couldn't muster the strength to get up. When I looked around I saw two brutes facing me and I thought I'd be done for, but suddenly one of them turned against the other - Leviathan's first deed in the war. Good. I felt someone grab and support me... James. He got me to the shuttle safely and I recovered soon enough. I wiped the blood from my nose and we discussed my findings. I told my team the whole thing was worth it, that Leviathan will be fighting on our side. When James said how this is one hell of a story, I couldn't help but smile at him. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Barely can believe it myself...
Upon returning to the Normandy I checked up on the crew while we made our way back to the Citadel.
When I talked to James he was hopeful that we might pull this thing off after all since we gained the Leviathans' help, then mentioned how it's too bad Ann never got to see her father's work paying off. I... what did I do? Was she... dead? I didn't ask, and for a moment I wished I had acted differently back in the lab, raising the shield earlier, but then I remembered Javik's words. No, it had been necessary to track down Leviathan as quick as possible. A small sacrifice for their support in the war. No room for personal feelings...
When we arrived at the Citadel I immediately made my way to the Embassies to see the asari Councillor. Let's finally see what this is about.
This dialogue when Shep & Co. discover the corpses made me laugh:
Shepard: Any idea how old these are?
Javik: Old enough not to stink.
That Despoina part is always so nerv-wracking, I hate the part where you have to pop in the power cells, running around panicking (yes, I do that ). Always glad when it's over, haha. And then go for that awesome relaxing dive 
Btw, does anyone know if Ann actually died? I've searched the internet today and the forums, but it seems there's no real confirmation? It's mostly assumed though that she's in the same vegetative state as her father's assistent. Still, that's... kinda bad and I really did not anticipate it!! 
Vega says this after the DLC: "too bad Ann didn't see her father's work come to fruition."
I had him say "To bad Ann never got too see her dad's work pay off."
My path was fully renegade during Ann's artifact scene, maybe that's the difference? That would be awesome (I'm gonna check it out of course ).
Started two days back my first ever playthrough of any Mass Effect game as a pure Soldier, having always shunned the role because the other characters' names sounded so much sexier. (Yes, on Insanity, I don't think it's worth talking about any other difficulty level, is it?)
I've got to admit, new found love for James, Garrus, and would you believe it, Ashley! That chick totally rocks a Javelin, and she does not go down.
I mean, ME3, when fire explosions totally rule the day and your toughest enemies to deal with are... Cerberus Guardians... who needs Crowd Control when no Crowd has time to form? :-)
Side note, in any role, especially Vanguard, for some reason the final battle of the Turian Platoon rescue just absolutely had me always seeing nothing but hails of bullets in my face no matter what I did to try to move around the battlefield, at lower levels. I have easily died 200 times on that part.
I dutifully read up on the skill trees to refresh my memory, and as an Infiltrator, came back to that mission at a higher level, with the Black Widow!
If that was not enough, I had EDI in tow... full Incinerate, full Overload. And of course, the Dirty Little Secret, Tali... full Sabotage, Tech Vulnerability!
Ahh... Synergy, how we love when you work your wonders.
In no time it was like... "Hey, Turians, Victus! You Guys seen any Brutes or Marauders around here?! Like, really dangerous, lethal shooters? Anyone, no?"
I had him say "To bad Ann never got too see her dad's work pay off."
My path was fully renegade during Ann's artifact scene, maybe that's the difference? That would be awesome (I'm gonna check it out of course
Don't look too deep into this, maybe I simply remember wrong I remember him saying something of a sort but this quote comes from an old BSN thread
Yea got a chance to play this last weekend. As a reminder I'm going for max kills but the deaths aren't due to my Shepard being a psycho but instead are grounded in best intentions or other causes.
I decided to have some shore leave so went back to the Citadel. Once again everyone wants me to do something for them. Being a spectre is a hassle sometimes and it gets hard to remember things. Not to mention Hacket always calling in requesting I do my part for the Alliance. I really try to help.
A big dumb jelly was preaching some mumbo-jumbo and a C-Sec ask for help. I intimidated him into leaving then got paid for it. Not too shabby.
I also came across a AI that was stealing credits. WTF is going on here. Lucky I was able to disarm it and got some of the credits before I shut it down.
I previously helped a reported with the story about Fitsch but now she waned me to bug some place. She is really dumb. I agreed and then without even taking one step away from her I told her that I planted the bug. She ended up believing me and paid me some credits. Wow are people stupid or what?
I forgot to mention that when I got back some admiral tried to berate me about the Normandy. Give me a break already. Luck that I'm a spectre and was able to tell him to get lost. However, I doubt if I'll ever get promoted now.
I also got a request from a Rita asking to talk to her sister Jenna. I really wanted to help but I kind of forgot to do it. Oh well I guess everything will turn out fine for them.
I also received some requests to go to some far off place and do something for them. For example some crime boss named Blake wanted me to go kill some bad people so she could take over. I did but then I felt she had to go straight also. So we fought it out and she died. I guess that's good for the galaxy to be rid of three crime leaders.
Another Asari wanted me to rescue her sister. Turns out her sister was a bad person so I killed her. It was a set-up. At least I got a license to get some good equipment.
In traveling to all of these places I've had to fight like 8 or so Thresher Maws. What is the big deal about these worms? The Mako easily kills them and even on foot I killed 3 or 4 of them. Just move to the side when it spits. They are really dumb in a fight. I have no clue how a whole squad of Marines died to one of them.
But it did lead me to some poor soldier that these scientists were experimenting on. He held the scientist hostage and I was asked to go resolve it. The scientist wanted me to shoot the soldier and he wanted to shoot the scientist. I couldn't let him do it so my only alternative that I thought of was to shoot the scientist myself. As a spectre I can do those things.
I then finally went over to Novaria. What a dump. I almost got into a firefight right off the bat. Some jelly wanted me to smuggle something in. I said I would but had to confiscate the item. Not safe to let those things sit around. The Krogan got mad so I killed him and his buddies in a fight.
Anyway, these corporate nitwits didn't want to give me permission to leave and chase after Saren. I had to get some type of pass. But before that some Asari wanted me to tape record another business guy. I told him about it and then lied to the Asari that I did her dirty work. Let them sort that stuff out. So I meet a Turian and he wants me to go get some evidence against this ****** named Anoleis. I agreed and that sergeant with an attitude was there. Turns out she was corrupt so I killed her with glee. As I'm leaving some undercover agent named Parasini stops me and wants me to get the Turian to testify.
What to do? I was really confused so I went back to the Turian and convinced him to testify. I was so happy about this I wanted to rub Anoleis's face in it. i went to him and told him that Parasini was investigating him and going to arrest him. I can't believe what happened next. They shoot each other dead! So I grab the pass and go back to the Turian. He refuses to pay me so I tell him that the corporate offices might want the information. Finally he pays me for my troubles and I'm off to Peak 15.
After fighting some weird bugs called rachni and lot's of Geth I get to where the remaining scientists are barricaded in. I find the cure for a bad poison and head out into some tunnels. But I make a wrong turn and the security forces all start shooting at me. Can't they tell I'm not a bug? So I have to kill all of them. What is wrong with people that you can't make a simple mistake like making a wrong turn?
I finally come across Liara's mommy. Huba huba on that chest. Do all Asari's breasts keep growing all their lives? So I was distracted. She sends some Asari commando group which were just target practice for me. Then some Geth till finally I killed her. Yea she claimed she was mind-controlled but I couldn't really trust her. I'm hoping Liara needs a shoulder to cry on and I can "comfort" her. After she died the big bug starts talking to me through a dead Asari. WTF is that? It wants to live and to be set free. I thought about it long and hard. Liara said I was exterminating a whole race but something told me I would face more of these bugs no matter what I did. Besides if an egg had it I'm sure there are many more eggs. So I opened up the acid.
I get some data on a relay and call into the council. Here I'm expecting a medal for preventing new rachni wars but they yell at me at killing it. I disconnected them. No gratitude at all.
After that I had only one last lead at a planet called Virmire. But I also have a dozen or so requests from Hacket and others to look into other stuff. So my next part is clearing up most of the requests before going to this Virmire planet.
During this span I lost no one, got to personally shoot a scientist and got into lot's of firefights. I'm sad that some were due to mistakes but that happens in war I guess. And I still refuse to go after junk like minerals or artifacts. I'm a soldier not some ditch digger.
After taking a week off from the Mass Effect series, I popped the Mass Effect 3 disc back into my Xbox and started playing. Sort of.
Loaded up Brad Shepard (Sentinel). Reset his powers and changed the bonus power to Marksman, and then spent the points into Marksman, Tech Armor, Lift Grenades, Power Mastery, and Fitness. He is now a Marksman Sentinel.
I then upgraded a few weapons to level V: Revenant, Talon, Claymore, Piranha, and Viper. No idea which gun(s) I will use yet.
I then went back to the Normandy CIC where Traynor reminded me Liara wanted to see me on the Citadel. I forgot I had a few Citadel meetups.
Also I had e-mail... telling me I had Reckoner-Knight armor and the Chakram Launcher. Apparently, the game forgot I had already unlocked these when I first started the playthrough?
So I went to the Citadel, and talked with Garrus (he beat me at a shooting contest because Brad was using a sniper rifle for the first time; really fair contest there, Garrus), Javik, Miranda, and then officially locked in the romance with Liara.
Also bought a few mods, armor, and the Scorpion pistol because apparently I forgot to pick it up on Sur'Kesh
And that was it for this play session.
I am just trying to figure out where to go next to try out the Marksman Sentinel build. I have a few choices:
Where do you people think I should go next?
Don't look too deep into this, maybe I simply remember wrong
Yeah, I found the same quote earlier as well, and it was so precise I thought maybe he really says that depending on what you do I'll still keep an eye out when replaying the Leviathan DLC with different squad mates even though chances are slim
Sooo, today it was time to go to Thessia! This is a bit long, haha.
Well colour me surprised. Or not. The asari Councillor revealed to me that there's an artifact in a temple on the asari homeworld, Thessia. One that might help with the Reapers, that might help identify the Catalyst. I was starting to get p*ssed. I asked why they suddenly thought of helping us. The answer was as I expected. Now that their homeworld burned, they needed my help, so typical. If they would've come forward with this kind of information... They knew we were missing the Catalyst all along! I just can't believe them... but what does it matter now, we need this artifact. Let's see where it gets us.
As we approached Thessia with the Normandy, Joker told me that Thessia was heavily attacked by Reaper forces. Liara was close by and insisted on coming with, I understood perfectly, but I hope she keeps her focus. I told her and James to get ready and grab their gear, and Cortez soon took us down there in the shuttle. Liara was worried, but we talked a bit about the temple and how Benezia took Liara there once. James mirrored my thoughts once again when he told Liara that even killing her own mother did not stop her and that she needs to block out what's happening on Thessia.
But when we arrived, it looked like Earth and Palaven all over again, so I guess it's not gonna be easy for Liara.
We pushed on through Reaper forces several times, taking any support from the asari we could get to make it to our destination. The temple was heavily guarded, but we chased the remaining Reaper forces off.
We started to investigate the temple, looking at various artifacts, and then soon finding the scientists that were supposed to meet us there. Dead. Throats cut. No Reapers, then.
I stood in front of the huge statue of Athame when something happened. I just knew there was a Prothean beacon here. And with this we found the artifacts that were connected to the statue, the last one we activated sent it crumbling, revealing the beacon.
A Prothean VI appeared when I activated the beacon and we had a chat with it, but right before we could get an answer what the Catalyst is, it detected an indoctrinated presence. Kai Leng...
He let me know the Illusive Man wanted a word with me via hologram once more. This man is still trying to control the Reapers. I can't believe how far he's gone. He was supposed to be on humanity's side, that's what he claimed he stood for... I can't stomach this.
Our chat was over and his goon attacked us. We held up just fine, but with fire support from a gunship he brought down a part of the place, getting away with the Prothean VI while I struggled to keep myself alive. Liara helped me up and I couldn't believe I had lost.
Lost to this f*cking bastard. Lost the data. We will not be able to finish the Crucible... Damn it!
Back on the Normandy I was angry, angry at Cerberus, at the Illusive Man, at Kai Leng, at the Reapers, and at myself. I didn't even recognize myself, I lost control over myself. It was just too much bullsh*t at once. But alright. I'm good. I'm still p*ssed off, but I can not let it get to me that much.
After a brief chat with Anderson I had an argument with Joker. He actually told a joke about asari in this moment. What is wrong with you? When I told him there's a war going on he said he's well aware we're at war, as Reapers invaded the colony where his father and sister live some time ago. Sorry to hear it.
His excuse for the jokes was that he tried to relieve me of stress. I learned Anderson actually told Joker to take care of me, but after telling him I'll be just fine I went to check up on the rest of the team. No need to babysit me. I've dealt with worse stuff.
Garrus had heard from his family, they made it off Palaven. At least one piece of good news, I'm glad for him.
On the other hand, he had to advice Victus to order a full retreat from Palaven. I supported this, then he asked me how I actually managed to get the salarians along. I didn't expect this now of all times, and something was telling me he had a suspicion, but I didn't give anything away. I was vague about it.
I went down to Javik just in time to see Liara trying to attack him. I stepped in, no fighting on this ship!
Liara threw a lot of accusations towards Javik, but he handled the situation surprisingly... nice. He found the right words to make Liara smile before she left. I thanked Javik, I didn't expect him to be so kind. It was a sweet gesture. But when he said Liara doesn't help us if she's grieving too much, I wondered if he really meant what he said. He said he did.
James tried his best to comfort me, letting me know once more he experienced something similar, but I'm not sure this helps. It's just frustrating. And sad. For both of us.
Oh well, I knew I had to overcome my own issues with what went down with Kai Leng rather soon, and I returned to the crew quarters, overhearing Tali talk to Garrus that Liara doesn't answer her comm, so I told her I'll be going in and talk to her.
I started to comfort Liara, but she was absorbed in her grief. I felt for her, but...
I sat down on her bed.
I remembered what James had said on the shuttle ride to Thessia. That Liara needs to block out the dead. He was right about that. And right now I need her to put this whole Thessia mess aside, I need to get her stop thinking about this and keep her occupied with what lies ahead, keep her mind off things.
So I asked her if she's gonna be ready for the next mission. It may sound harsh, but it worked. I could pull her out of her grieving state. She understood, told me she's actually glad to be able to focus on something else. Good.
I returned to the CIC to plot the course for our next destination. Traynor had tracked Leng's shuttle to Horizon earlier. What the hell is he doing there...?
Well, we will find out soon enough.
I think it's so great you can tell Garrus you sabotaged the cure, I'm thinking of going this route when I romance him at some point.
Perseus Shepard, my engineer Shepard, has just finished up ME2.
He gave Legion to Cerberus. Don't get me wrong, I love legion as a player, but this particular Shepard, as an engineer, knows full well the dangers of Geth infiltrating the Normandy's systems, especially after what happened with Tali's dad.
He did not romance anyone in ME2 as he was faithful to Liara, and they rekindled their romance in Lair of the Shadow Broker. Perseus's dream is retirement with lots of little blue children. Although, he's a lot like Ahern in ME1's Pinnacle Station. "The day I retire is the day I die."
Having a Spacer background, he simply won't be able to leave ships and the Alliance alone.
He saved Kaidan on Virmire in ME1, did Ashley in a previous playthrough, and although seeing her completely hung over and passed out in the lounge was amusing, I felt she is a lot weaker in ME3 than she was in ME1, and Kaidan is better in ME3. Perseus's reasons, since he's not a fortune teller, was that Kaidan was a superior officer and a talented biotic, something that is not exactly common among humans. That and Kaidan is a voice of reason on a pretty insane crew.
Having just finished the Arrival, Shepard is now preparing himself to go to Earth and take a lot of political heat in order to keep the Alliance from going to war with the Batarians, but he isn't too worried since he had his spectre status reinstated, so everything he does is pretty much classified. But someone has got to take the blame, and rescuing Kenson wasn't actually an Alliance approved mission, simply Hacket asking a favor of someone who is outside the chain of command, and better a spectre than the Alliance.
That and it'll give him the time to improve his combat drone design to now fire rockets in ME3.
I think it's so great you can tell Garrus you sabotaged the cure, I'm thinking of going this route when I romance him at some point.
Here is his dialogue when you convince Mordin to not go through with the cure.
Here is his dialogue when you shoot Mordin.
I am just trying to figure out where to go next to try out the Marksman Sentinel build. I have a few choices:
- Rescue Turians on Tuchanka.
- Rescue Ex-Cerberus Scientists from Cerberus.
- Find Dr. Garneau
- Go meet with the Quarians (and destroy a Dreadnaught)
- Meet with Aria to retake Omega.
Where do you people think I should go next?
I'd be for Dr. Garneau! And maybe record it so I can see it?
Here is his dialogue when you convince Mordin to not go through with the cure.
Here is his dialogue when you shoot Mordin.
Hahaha, the first one is absolutely great and funny! Poor Wreav 
The second is just sad. And I was curious earlier, re-loaded the save file and checked it out. I really like both outcomes here.
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